Youtube license

Approaching Nirvana LOVES letting YouTubers use music. On this page I am giving everyone on YouTube a license to use Approaching Nirvana music for commercial or non-commercial purposes. In order to abide by this license I ask for a few things in return. Let's lay things out in a clear, concise manner.

Specifically, Approaching Nirvana gives YouTubers the permission to do the following:

You may use the music as background music or as part of your own creative video without being required to pay any performance royalties.

You may use the music in commercial or noncommercial videos on YouTube only. If you’re looking to use our music outside of YouTube, contact us.

This license does not give you permission to do the following:

You cannot reupload the music to YouTube without adding your own creative content.

You cannot claim the music as your own.

You cannot use the music in any project outside of YouTube without the express permission of Approaching Nirvana.

You cannot sell the music.

You cannot use any remixes, mashups, parodies, cover instrumentals or tracks signed to other labels. (See Exceptions below)

To use Approaching Nirvana music, you must abide by the following:

Purchase the music legally.

Credit by name (Approaching Nirvana) in the description of your YouTube video

And that’s it! We love supporting the YouTube community and will do our best to continue our commitment to make our music available for use within YouTube.

Twitch.tv license

As livestreams have become more popular, I'm getting a lot of requests to use Approaching Nirvana music on Twitch.tv. On this page I am giving permission to anyone who wants to play Approaching Nirvana music during their Twitch.tv livestream. Additionally, these same rules apply for Beam.pro and Hitbox.tv. All I ask is that you follow a few rules.

Specifically, we are giving Twitch.tv Livestreamers the permission to do the following:

You may use the music as background music or as part of your own creative stream without being required to pay any performance royalties.

You may use the music in commercial or noncommercial streams on YouTube, Twitch, or any other streaming service that does not produce profits from music plays. If you’re looking to use the music outside of Twitch.tv or YouTube, contact us.

This license does not give you permission to do the following:

You cannot stream the music without adding your own creative content.

You cannot claim the music as your own.

You cannot use the music in any livestreaming event outside of Twitch.tv without the express permission of Approaching Nirvana.

You cannot sell the music.

You cannot use any remixes, mashups, parodies, cover instrumentals or tracks signed to other labels. (See Exceptions below)

To use Approaching Nirvana music during a livestream, all we ask is the following:

Purchase the music legally.

Credit by name (Approaching Nirvana)

Place a link to buy the songs on iTunes in the description of your stream (preferrably a shortened link via bit.ly) if available

If text credit in the description is unavailable, a verbal credit to your viewers or on screen “Now playing” credit is appreciated

Here’s a template that you can use for the text in your livestream description:

And that’s it! I love supporting the online communities and I do my best to continue the commitment to make my music available for use within YouTube, Twitch. and other streaming services.

Exceptions

Listed below are songs which are NOT covered by the license. I suggest that you AVOID using these tracks in your videos/streams because I cannot guarantee they will be copyright free. This list is kept up-to-date with each new release.